On Marriage
Weddings, it has been said, celebrate
The triumph of optimism over experience.
(Which may be why so many marry young.)
Matrimony is, they say, the victory of hope
over destiny;
Mindless glands overwhelm the mind’s
accumulated wisdom.
Thus marriage springs eternal and the self
crumbles
Before the dreams of single-minded desire.
The hunger for comfort in darkling hours
Outweighs light-hearted common sense
And solitary nighttime
terrors overwhelm
The heart’s persistent
fear of breaking.
Therefore, it has been written:
It is better to marry than to burn
Like tinder in the caress of loving flames.
Experience,
Destiny,
And self,
Jealousy,
And desire,
Wisdom;
Common sense,
Fear,
And flames.
So let us gathered here in witness simply say,
Truly, “Love conquers all.”
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